The ONLY Acceptable Forms of Identification must be original, non-expired, or issued within the last five years. (Photocopies are not acceptable.) The ID must have the EXACT name or LONGER than the name as it appears on the document. These Forms of ID are as follows:

An original identification card or driver’s license issued by California DMV

An original passport issued by the Department of State of the United States

The following additional forms of Identification must also be original, non-

expired, or issued within the last five years, AND must contain a photograph and description of the person named on it, signed by the person, and bear a serial or other identifying number:

A passport issued by a foreign government

A driver’s license issued by another state, or by a Canadian or Mexican

public agency authorized to issue drivers’ licenses

An identification card issued by another State

A United States military identification card with the required photograph,

description, signature and identifying number

An inmate identification card issued by the Department of Corrections

and Rehabilitation, if the inmate is in custody

An employee identification card issued by an agency or office of the State

of California, or by an agency or office of a city or county in this State

A Consular ID (issued to immigrants by the consulates of their home

country.)

NOTE: The name on the ID must be exactly the same or LONGER than the name on the document being signed and notarized!

Credible Witnesses may be used when signer does not possess an acceptable form of identification. (Requires TWO people who personally know the signer and have acceptable forms of ID. They cannot be related to the Signer or named in the documents.)